Good afternoon and Welcome to the Climate Change Wales website.
What is the problem?
There are 30 million vehicles on the road in the UK. Each mile a small petrol car travels releases 280 g of CO2 and for a small diesel car 190g of CO2 is released. Driving 2400 miles is the equivalent to the total carbon footprint of the average person in the developing world.
Figures from WRI
Most of the Welsh population live within 20 miles of the sea. Find out how sea level will change your local area. The maps have all the function of Google maps and allow you to investigate different sea level rises for different parts of the world. More
To produce 1kWh of heat using electricity from the national grid will produce 500g of CO2. To produce the same amount of heat using wood will produce just 24g. Figure from International Energy Agency
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This is perhaps the most obvious contribution to our carbon footprint. When fossil fuels are burnt they produce CO2 which has been locked away for millions of years is released. It is the rapid increase in our fossil fuel use that has caused global warming.More....
Rhys has a new pair of jeans; discover how many countries are involved in putting Rhys’ jeans together.
Click to find out where Rhys’ jeans come from.
The parts of Rhys’ jeans have travelled many thousands of miles before reaching him. Transport has been by air, sea and road. Energy has also been used in the factories to make parts of his jeans.
Do you think the making of Rhys’ jeans has had any impact on the environment?
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